1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Qualification for the Asian Football Confederation's 1972 AFC Asian Cup finals held in Thailand.

Zones

Central zone	Eastern zone	Western zone 1	Western zone 2
Brunei ~~Burma~~ * Hong Kong Indonesia Khmer Republic ~~Laos~~ * Malaysia ~~Singapore~~ * Thailand ~~South Vietnam~~ *	~~Japan~~ * ~~Philippines~~ * ~~Republic of China~~ * South Korea	~~Afghanistan~~ * Iran ~~Israel~~ * ~~Nepal~~ *	Bahrain Ceylon ~~India~~ * Jordan Kuwait ~~Pakistan~~ * Lebanon Syria

* Withdrew
** Qualified as defending champions
*** Qualified as hosts but withdrew later^[1]
Iraq were allocated to Western zone later

Central Zone

Group allocation matches where winners were divided into separate groups

Thailand v Khmer Republic

21 May 1971

Thailand	1 – 1	Khmer Republic

Bangkok, Thailand

Malaysia v Brunei

22 May 1971

Malaysia	8 – 0	Brunei
Zulkifli Norbit 12' 28' 80' S. Abdullah 28' (38), 83' Wong Choon Wah 37' Soh Chin Aun 48'

Bangkok, Thailand

Indonesia v Hong Kong

22 May 1971

Indonesia	2 – 1	Hong Kong
Budi Santoso 4' ?		?

Bangkok, Thailand

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Indonesia	4	2	2	0	10	0	+10
Thailand	2	2	1	1	10	1	+9
Brunei	0	2	0	2	0	19	–19

Thailand v Brunei

24 May 1971

Thailand	10 – 0	Brunei

Bangkok, Thailand

Indonesia v Thailand

26 May 1971

Indonesia	1 – 0	Thailand

Bangkok, Thailand

Indonesia v Brunei

28 May 1971

Indonesia	9 – 0	Brunei

Bangkok, Thailand

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Malaysia	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2
Khmer Republic	2	2	1	1	3	3	0
Hong Kong	0	2	0	2	2	4	–2

Khmer Republic v Hong Kong

24 May 1971

Khmer Republic	2 – 1	Hong Kong

Bangkok, Thailand

Malaysia v Khmer Republic

26 May 1971

Malaysia	2 – 1	Khmer Republic
Wong Choon Wah 12' Shaharuddin Abdullah 75'		Sleyman Selim 44'

Bangkok, Thailand

Malaysia v Hong Kong

28 May 1971

Malaysia	2 – 1	Hong Kong
Shaharuddin Abdullah 25' 69'		Chung Chor Wai 44'

Bangkok, Thailand

Semifinal

Khmer Republic v Indonesia

30 May 1971

Khmer Republic	2 – 0	Indonesia

Bangkok, Thailand

Thailand v Malaysia

30 May 1971

Thailand	1 – 0	Malaysia

Bangkok, Thailand

Match for third place

Malaysia v Indonesia

1 June 1971

Malaysia	3 – 0	Indonesia

Bangkok, Thailand

Final

Thailand v Khmer Republic

1 June 1971

Thailand	4 – 2	Khmer Republic

Bangkok, Thailand

Thailand and Khmer Republic qualified for final tournament

Eastern Zone

All the others withdrew, so South Korea qualified automatically.

Western Zone

Group allocation matches where winners were divided into separate groups

Iraq v Kuwait

10 December 1971

Iraq	1 – 1	Kuwait
– –'		Bu Hamad –'
	Penalties
	3–4

Kuwait

Bahrain v Lebanon

11 December 1971

Bahrain	3 – 0	Lebanon

Kuwait

Syria v Jordan

11 December 1971

Syria	0 – 0	Jordan

	Penalties
	4–3

Kuwait

Ceylon (Sri Lanka) had a bye

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Iraq	6	3	3	0	8	0	+8
Jordan	4	3	2	1	5	5	0
Bahrain	2	3	1	2	5	4	+1
Ceylon	0	3	0	3	1	10	-9

Iraq v Ceylon

13 December 1971

Iraq	5 – 0	Ceylon

Kuwait

Jordan v Bahrain

13 December 1971

Jordan	3 – 2	Bahrain

Kuwait

Iraq v Bahrain

15 December 1971

Iraq	1 – 0	Bahrain

Kuwait

Jordan v Ceylon

16 December 1971

Jordan	2 – 1	Ceylon

Kuwait

Iraq v Jordan

18 December 1971

Iraq	2 – 0	Jordan

Kuwait

Bahrain v Ceylon

20 December 1971

Bahrain	3 – 0	Ceylon

Kuwait

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Kuwait	3	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
Lebanon	2	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Syria	1	2	0	1	1	4	5	–1

Kuwait v Lebanon

14 December 1971

Kuwait	1 – 0	Lebanon
Khalaf –'

Kuwait

Kuwait v Syria

17 December 1971

Kuwait	2 – 2	Syria
Khalaf –' Ibrahim –'		– –' – –'

Kuwait

Lebanon v Syria

19 December 1971

Lebanon	3 – 2	Syria

Kuwait

Semifinal

Kuwait v Jordan

21 December 1971

Kuwait	2 – 0	Jordan
Al Khashram –' Khalaf –'

Kuwait

Iraq v Lebanon

22 December 1971

Iraq	4 – 1	Lebanon

Kuwait

Match for third place

Lebanon v Jordan

24 December 1971

Lebanon	2 – 0	Jordan

Kuwait

Final

Iraq v Kuwait

24 December 1971

Iraq	1 – 0	Kuwait

Kuwait

Iraq and Kuwait qualified for final tournament

External links

↑ "Malaysia, Singapore stay in Asian Cup central zone". The Straits Times. 16 August 1970.

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